Ronald Yellow Hammer Jr.

Ronald Joseph Yellow Hammer Jr., Wambdi Walandiya (High Eagle), 67, of Brockton died Sept. 12, 2025, at his home.

He was born Sept. 20, 1957, in Poplar, the son of Ronald Yellow Hammer and Carole Spotted Bird. He was raised by his grandmother, Nancy Two Shields of Cannonball, N.D., on the Standing Rock Reservation.

He went to school various places. He attended Mormon school in Idaho during the Mormon placement his seventh and eighth grade years. He then went back to Poplar High School his freshman year of school and went back to living with his grandma Nancy where he attended Solen High School in Solen, N.D. He graduated from Solen High School in 1975.

After he graduated high school, he enlisted in the Army in 1975, but was honorably discharged in 1976. He graduated from United Tribes Technical College with an AAS degree.

During his time attending Solen, he met Sandra Yellow Hammer and they married Oct. 14, 1977. From this union, came six children and niece that they raised since she was 6 months old as their own. They moved to Montana in the 1980s where they made their home and raised all seven